There’s a case to be made that Alternative Country, or Alt-Country as it’s more often called, hasn’t ever really been a legit genre. One will be hard-pressed to get any of the artists lumped in with ...

Dan Wriggins has worked plenty of odd jobs. Before founding alt-country band Friendship, he coiled rope on a lobster boat in Maine. A few years later, Wriggins was a groundskeeper for a grand, private ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Three big-time rock bands and two all-star country performers will hit the state in August for the Ohio State Fair. Next summer’s annual extravaganza continues to populate with ...

Here are 11 greatest hits albums from alternative rock acts that every serious vinyl collector needs on their shelf. Sure, greatest hits albums can be a quick cash grab for artists repacking their ...

Acclaimed singer-songwriter and Dayton native Troy Campbell — co-founder of alt-country band Loose Diamonds (briefly known early on as The Highwaymen) — is reissuing his landmark second solo record, ...

Singer-songwriter Todd Snider died last week at the age of 59. Snider was a hero to many in alt-country music and the East Nashville scene he represented. In the days since his death, dozens of fellow ...

There must've been something in the water that Uncle Tupelo was drinking while touring the backwaters of this country in a smelly van 15 years back, bringing a punker's sensibility to country music, ...

Americana artists draw from American roots music, but many also mix punk and rock with the early sounds of country, folk, and bluegrass. While Americana is now more commonly used to describe the ...